Street-car-platform arrangement.



P. N. JONES. STREET OAR PLATFORM ARRANGEMENT.

APPLICATION nun JAN 1a, 1909.

922,285. Patented May 18, 1909.

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INVENTOFI door under t which is secured PEARL N. JONES, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

STREET-CAB-PLATFOBH ARRANGEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Kay 18, 1909.

Application filed Ianuary 18, 1909. Serial No. 472,048.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PEARL N. Jones, of Pittsburg, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Street-Car- Platform Arrangement, of which the following is a fullpclear, and exact description, ref crence being had to the accompanying drawingp, forming part of this specification, in wluch- Figure 1 is a street car showm partial horizontal section of ,a my improved system bein on the n'regu at line I-I of Fig. 3; Fig. 2 1s a side elevation artl in section; Fig. 3 is a section on the ins ILL-III of Fig. 1, looking toward the rear of the platform; and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detail views hereinafter referred to.

My invention relates to ,the platform arrangements of pay at entrance street cars designed for paymentoffare to the conductor before the passenger enters the car body.

The object of the invention is to provide an arrangement which may' be applied to existing cars and yet allow free entrance and exit; to re-arrange the an ilar barrier for receiving the conductor; a so to provide for automatic lockingand unlocking of the entrance e control of the conductor.

In the drawings, 2 represents the platform end portion of a streetcar, 3 the car sides, and 4 the steps. At the center of the step is a vertical post, preferably made of pipe 5, at its lower end to the riser 4 ofthe step and to the car body at 2. From the intermediate portion, of this post 5 the angular barrier 6 extends inwardly to a post 7 fastened in the floor of the platform and rising to the level of the barrier; This angular barrier does'not extendstraight' to the post 7, but isbent or looped backwardly at 8 to receive the conductor atja convenient station for receiving the fares. Erom the post 7 a portionS o the barrier extends to a post 9, which extends frbm the floor to thereof of the lat- ,form and is tutside andat the center 9 the door-way or opening. By placing the end postat 'the outside of the door-way, I increase the space between it and the sides of semester-way o n'ing, thus providing suflicient space in o (1 cars for entrance and exit of the passengers. This is an important feature of the device; and also epirovides for free 0 ration of the ordinary doors 10 11, which are shown as entering reat its upper end is secured.

" assess in the end portion 12 of the car body.

In, the form shown there is no central panel or post in the door-way and the doors merely meet as the are simultaneously closed. also prefera ly provide an automatic lock for t e entrance door, which may be unlocked b the conductor while on the latform. or this purpose I show a sh e 13 movably secured in the lower portion of the hollow post 9, this slide having a projection 14 to receive the foot of the conductor. flexible connection 15 leads from the slide inside the post up to a bell crank lever 16 mounted in and projecting through its u per portion, from the other arm of w ich a exile connection 17 leads inwardly near the roof to a leaf sprin 18 mounted in the doorreceiving pocket a ove the level of the door and arranged to contact with one of the rollers 19 on w 'ch the door is hung. This roller travels on a suitable track 20. and when the door is closed the roller will push the spring to one side, the spring assuming its normal locking 1position as soon as the roller passes When t e conductor pressesupon the foot projection 14 thes'pring is ulled back, thus unlocking the door and a lowing it to be opened.

The advantages of my invention result from terminating the barrier at a point outside the door opening to increase the width of the openings, also from the looped portion of the barrier to receive the conductor, and the automatic lo king device for the entrance door. The syste is simple and cheap, and may be easily ap lied to existing cars without altering the oors or platform ortion.

Many variations mayl be ma e in the form and arrangement of t e car, the platform, the door locking device, &c., without departing from my invention.

l A street car having an and platform and a doorway leading therefrom to the interior of the car, and an. angulanbarrier extendmg from the step to a point central of the doorwa and s aced outside of said doorway a su 'cient istance to materially increase the pass ewa between the inner barrier post and t e si es of the doorway; asdescribed.

2. A street car having beige-of the car having a doorway leading an platform, and an angular barrier extendsubstantially an eiid'platform, the J ing from the step to a point central of the doorway and spaced outside of said doorway a sufiicient distance to materially increase the passageway between the inner barrier ost and the sides of the doorway, said barrier having its portion extending transversely of the platform provided with a bendback portion adjacent to the juncture to the longitudinal portion, to provide space for the conductor; substantially as described.

3. A street car having an end platform and a doorway leading therefrom to the interior of the car, an angular barrier having a trans verse portion extending intermediate ofthe width of the platform and providing inlet and outlet assa eways extending to different parts oi the oorwa an automaticlock for the entrance door w en closed, and a device on the platform under the control of the conductor to unlock the entrance door, substantially as described. p

4. A street ear having a central opening in its end with two doorsarranged to close the opening, an angular barrier on the plalforin arranged to provide a space For the conductor, an autonlnlnlock for the rntrazzro door when rinsed, and an unlocking device under the rontrol ol' the conductor at his station on the platform and arranged to unlock the ontrance door, substantially as describvd.

5. A street rar having a central opening in its end with two doors arranged. to close the opening, the our platform having an angular barrier terminating outside oi the door opening and at a sufficient distance therefrom to increase the space between the end of the barrier and the side of the door opening, the interior of the car being unimpeded adj acent to the door opening, substantially as described.

,In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

P. N. JONES. Witnesses:

G. M. VIERS, H. M. CORWIN: 

